(4) In determining the amount of compensation payable, regard is to be had to whether any appropriate warning or guidance was provided, before the equipment was operated, on the operation of the equipment.
(5) Compensation is payable out of money appropriated by the Parliament.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (1):
damage, in relation to data, includes damage by erasure of data or addition of other data.
Subdivision B—Returning things seized and documents produced
3ZQX When things seized or documents produced under Division 2, 4 or 4B must be returned
When things seized under Division 2 or 4 must be returned
(1) If the Commissioner is satisfied that a thing seized under Division 2 or 4 is not required (or is no longer required) for a purpose mentioned in section 3ZQU or for other judicial or administrative review proceedings, the Commissioner must take reasonable steps to return the thing to the person from whom it was seized or to the owner if that person is not entitled to possess it.
(2) However, the Commissioner does not have to take those steps if:
(aa) either:
(i) the thing may be retained because of an order under subsection 3ZQZB(3), or any other order under that subsection has been made in relation to the thing; or
(ii) the Commissioner has applied for such an order and the application has not been determined; or
(a) the thing may otherwise be retained, destroyed or disposed of under a law, or an order of a court or tribunal, of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory; or
(b) the thing is forfeited or forfeitable to the Commonwealth or is the subject of a dispute as to ownership.
When documents produced under Division 4B must be returned
(3) If the Commissioner is satisfied that a document produced under Division 4B is not required (or is no longer required) for a purpose mentioned in section 3ZQU or for other judicial or administrative review proceedings, the Commissioner must take reasonable steps to return the document to the person who produced the document or to the owner if that person is not entitled to possess it.
(4) However, the Commissioner does not have to take those steps if:
(a) either:
(i) the document may be retained because of an order under subsection 3ZQZB(3), or any other order under that subsection has been made in relation to the document; or
(ii) the Commissioner has applied for such an order and the application has not been determined; or
(b) the document may otherwise be retained, destroyed or disposed of under a law, or an order of a court or tribunal, of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory; or
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(c) the document is forfeited or forfeitable to the Commonwealth or is the subject of a dispute as to ownership.
3ZQY When things seized under Division 3 must be returned
(1) If:
(a) the Commissioner is satisfied that a thing seized under Division 3 is not required (or is no longer required) for a purpose mentioned in section 3ZQU or for other judicial or administrative review proceedings; or
(b) the period of 60 days after the thing’s seizure ends;
the Commissioner must take reasonable steps to return the thing to the person from whom it was seized or to the owner if that person is not entitled to possess it.
(2) However, the Commissioner does not have to take those steps if:
(a) proceedings in respect of which the thing may afford evidence were instituted before the end of the 60 days and have not been completed (including an appeal to a court in relation to those proceedings); or
(b) either:
(i) the thing may be retained because of an order under subsection 3ZQZB(2) or (3), or any other order under subsection 3ZQZB(3) has been made in relation to the thing; or
(ii) the Commissioner has applied for such an order and the application has not been determined; or
(c) the thing may otherwise be retained, destroyed or disposed of under a law, or an order of a court or tribunal, of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory; or
(d) the thing is forfeited or forfeitable to the Commonwealth or is the subject of a dispute as to ownership.
3ZQZA When things seized under Division 3A must be returned
(1) The Commissioner must take reasonable steps to return a thing seized under Division 3A if the owner requests the return of the thing.
(2) However, the Commissioner does not have to take those steps if:
(a) the Commissioner suspects on reasonable grounds that if the thing is returned to the owner, the thing is likely to be used by the owner or another person in the commission of a terrorist act, a terrorism offence or a serious offence; or
(b) the Commissioner is satisfied that the thing is being used, or is required to be used, for a purpose mentioned in section 3ZQU or for other judicial or administrative review proceedings; or
(c) either:
(i) the thing may be retained because of an order under subsection 3ZQZB(2) or (3), or any other order under subsection 3ZQZB(3) has been made in relation to the thing; or
(ii) the Commissioner has applied for such an order and the application has not been determined; or
(d) the thing may otherwise be retained, destroyed or disposed of under a law, or order of a court or tribunal, of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory; or
(e) the thing is forfeited or forfeitable to the Commonwealth or is the subject of a dispute as to ownership.
(3) Despite subsection (2), if:
(a) the owner of a thing requests the return of the thing:
(i) within 90 days after the date of the seizure notice served under section 3UF in relation to the thing; or
(ii) if subsection 3UF(2) applied in relation to the thing so that a seizure notice was not served—within 90 days after the day on which the thing was seized; and
(b) the thing has not been returned to the owner by the end of the 90th day;
the Commissioner must, before the end of the 95th day:
(c) take reasonable steps to return the thing to the owner; or
(d) apply to a magistrate for an order under section 3ZQZB.
3ZQZB Magistrate may permit a thing seized or document produced under this Part to be retained, forfeited etc.
(1) A magistrate may, on application by the Commissioner, make an order under subsection (2) or (3) in relation to a thing seized or a document produced under this Part.
Use for purpose mentioned in section 3ZQU or for other judicial or administrative review proceedings
(2) The magistrate may order that a thing seized under Division 3 or 3A be retained for the period specified in the order if the magistrate is satisfied that the thing is being used, or is required to be used, for a purpose mentioned in section 3ZQU or for other judicial or administrative review proceedings.
Preventing use in committing terrorist act, terrorism offence or serious offence
(3) The magistrate may make any of the orders referred to in subsection (4) if the magistrate is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that, if a thing seized or document produced under this Part is returned to any of the following persons, it is likely to be used by that person or another person in the commission of a terrorist act, a terrorism offence or a serious offence:
(a) the owner of the thing or document;
(b) in the case of a thing—the person from whom the thing was seized;
(c) in the case of a document—the person who produced the document.
(4) The orders are as follows:
(a) an order that the thing or document may be retained for the period specified in the order;
(b) an order that the thing or document is forfeited to the Commonwealth;
(c) for a thing that is not a document—an order that:
(i) the thing be sold and the proceeds given to the owner of the thing; or
(ii) the thing be sold in some other way;
(d) an order that the thing or document is to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
Thing or document must be returned if magistrate not satisfied
(5) The magistrate must order that a thing or document be returned to the following person if the magistrate is not satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2) or (3):
(a) in the case of a thing—the person from whom the thing was seized;
(b) in the case of a document—the person who produced the document;
(c) if the person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is not entitled to possess the thing or document—the owner of the thing or document.
Persons with an interest in thing or document
(6) Before making an application under this section in relation to a thing or document, the Commissioner must:
(a) take reasonable steps to discover who has an interest in the thing or document; and
(b) if it is practicable to do so, notify each person who the Commissioner believes to have such an interest of the proposed application.
(7) The magistrate must allow a person who has an interest in the thing or document to appear and be heard in determining the application.
Special rule for things seized under Division 3
(8) The Commissioner may only make an application under this section in relation to a thing seized under Division 3 if the application is made:
(a) before the end of 60 days after the seizure; or
(b) before the end of a period previously specified in an order in relation to the thing under this section.
Division 5—General
3ZR Conduct of ordinary searches and frisk searches
An ordinary search or a frisk search of a person under this Part must, if practicable, be conducted by a person of the same sex as the person being searched.
3ZS Announcement before entry
(1) A constable must, before any person enters premises under a warrant or to arrest a person:
(a) announce that he or she is authorised to enter the premises; and
(b) give any person at the premises an opportunity to allow entry to the premises.
(2) A constable is not required to comply with subsection (1) if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that immediate entry to the premises is required to ensure:
(a) the safety of a person (including a constable); or
(b) that the effective execution of the warrant or the arrest is not frustrated.
3ZT Offence for making false statements in warrants
A person must not make, in an application for a warrant, a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
3ZU Offences relating to telephone warrants
A person must not:
(a) state in a document that purports to be a form of warrant under section 3R the name of an issuing officer unless that officer issued the warrant; or
(b) state on a form of warrant under that section a matter that, to the person’s knowledge, departs in a material particular from the form authorised by the issuing officer; or
(c) purport to execute, or present to a person, a document that purports to be a form of warrant under that section that the person knows:
(i) has not been approved by an issuing officer under that section; or
(ii) to depart in a material particular from the terms authorised by an issuing officer under that section; or
(d) give to an issuing officer a form of warrant under that section that is not the form of warrant that the person purported to execute.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
3ZW Delegation by Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner may delegate to a constable any or all of the Commissioner’s powers, functions or duties under this Part.
(2) The Commissioner may delegate to a Commonwealth officer any or all of the Commissioner’s powers, functions or duties under Division 4C of this Part if the Commissioner is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the officer is able to properly exercise those powers, functions or duties.
3ZX Law relating to legal professional privilege not affected
This Part does not affect the law relating to legal professional privilege.
Part IAAA—Delayed notification search warrants
Division 1—Preliminary
3ZZAA Object of this Part
(1) The object of this Part is to provide for eligible agencies to obtain search warrants:
(a) that relate to eligible offences; and
(b) that authorise the entry and search of premises without having to produce the warrant at the time of entry and search.
(2) A warrant issued under this Part is a delayed notification search warrant.
(3) An eligible agency is the Australian Federal Police.
(4) An eligible offence is a terrorism offence that is punishable on conviction by imprisonment for 7 years or more.
3ZZAB Application of Part
(1) This Part is not intended to limit or exclude the operation of another law of the Commonwealth (including other provisions of this Act) relating to:
(a) the search of premises; or
(b) the seizure of things; or
(c) the use of an assumed identity; or
(d) the installation of surveillance devices (within the meaning of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004).
(2) To avoid doubt, it is declared that even though another law of the Commonwealth provides power to do one or more of the things referred to in subsection (1), a similar power conferred by this Part may be used despite the existence of the power under the other law.
3ZZAC Definitions
In this Part:
adjoining premises, in relation to particular premises, means premises adjoining, or providing access, to the premises.
adjoining premises occupier’s notice: see section 3ZZDB.
applicable normal search warrant regime: see subsection 3ZZBJ(2).
authorised agency means the Australian Federal Police.
chief officer, in relation to an authorised agency or eligible agency, means the Commissioner.
damage, in relation to data, includes damage by erasure of data or addition of other data.
day of execution of a delayed notification search warrant means the day on which the warrant premises were first entered under the warrant.
delayed notification search warrant: see subsection 3ZZAA(2).
eligible agency: see subsection 3ZZAA(3).
eligible issuing officer: see subsection 3ZZAD(1).
eligible offence: see subsection 3ZZAA(4).
eligible officer of an authorised agency or eligible agency means a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police.
emergency situation, in relation to the execution of a delayed notification search warrant in relation to premises, means a situation that the executing officer or a person assisting believes, on reasonable grounds, involves a serious and imminent threat to a person’s life, health or safety that requires the executing officer and persons assisting to leave the premises.
evidential material means a thing relevant to an eligible offence, or an indictable offence, that has been, is being, is about to be or is likely to be committed.
executing officer, in relation to a delayed notification search warrant, means:
(a) the eligible officer of the authorised agency who is named in the warrant by the eligible issuing officer as being responsible for executing the warrant; or
(b) if that eligible officer does not intend to be present at the execution of the warrant—another eligible officer of the authorised agency whose name has been written in the warrant by the eligible officer so named; or
(c) another eligible officer of the authorised agency whose name has been written in the warrant by the eligible officer of the authorised agency last named in the warrant.
inspecting officer means a person appointed under subsection 3ZZGA(1).
nominated ART member means a person in relation to whom a nomination is in force under section 3ZZAF.
person assisting, in relation to a delayed notification search warrant, means:
(a) a person who is an eligible officer of the authorised agency and who is assisting in the execution of the warrant; or
(b) another person who has been authorised by the executing officer to assist in executing the warrant.
premises includes a place and a conveyance.
relevant eligible agency, in relation to a thing seized under this Part, is the eligible agency whose chief officer authorised the application for the delayed notification search warrant under which the thing was seized.
staff member of an authorised agency or eligible agency means a person referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of law enforcement officer in subsection 3(1).
State or Territory agency: see section 3ZZGF.
State or Territory inspecting authority: see section 3ZZGF.
State or Territory law enforcement agency means:
(a) the police force or police service of a State or Territory; or
(b) the New South Wales Crime Commission constituted by the Crime Commission Act 2012 (NSW); or
(c) the Independent Commission Against Corruption constituted by the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW); or
(d) the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission constituted by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 (NSW); or
(e) the Independent Broad‑based Anti‑corruption Commission established by the Independent Broad‑based Anti‑corruption Commission Act 2011 (Vic.); or
(f) the Crime and Corruption Commission established by the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 (Qld); or
(g) the Corruption and Crime Commission established by the Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 (WA); or
(h) the Independent Commission Against Corruption established by the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012 (SA); or
(i) the Integrity Commission established by the Integrity Commission Act 2009 (Tas.).
thing includes a thing in electronic form.
warrant premises means premises in relation to which a delayed notification search warrant is in force, but does not include any adjoining premises that are also authorised to be entered under the warrant.
warrant premises occupier’s notice: see section 3ZZDA.
3ZZAD Eligible issuing officers
(1) An eligible issuing officer is:
(a) a person:
(i) who is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, or a Judge of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory; and
(ii) in relation to whom a consent under subsection 3ZZAE(1), and a declaration under subsection 3ZZAE(2), are in force; or